Michel Vaarten

Michel Vaarten

Personal information
Born	17 January 1957
Medal record Men's Track cycling Competitor for  Belgium Olympic Games Silver 1976 Montreal 1.000m Time Trial

Michel Vaarten (born 17 January 1957 in Turnhout) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Belgium. He represented Belgium at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, where he won silver medal in the 1.000m time trial behind East Germany's Klaus-Jürgen Grünke. Vaarten was a professional from 1979 to 1992. He won 12 national titles, one European title and one world title, mainly in track cycling.

Teams

• 1979: Mini Flat-VDB (Belgium)
• 1980: Eurobouw (Belgium)
• 1981: Fangio-Sapeco-Mavic (Belgium)
• 1982: Amko Sport (Netherlands)
• 1983: Suntour (Belgium)
• 1984: Fangio-Ecoturbo (Belgium)
• 1984: Suntour (Belgium)
• 1985: Unknown
• 1986: Eurosteiger (Belgium)
• 1987: Schwinn-Icy Hot (United States)
• 1988: Wheaties-Schwinn (United States)
• 1989: Wheaties-Schwinn (United States)
• 1990: Sakae-3 Rensho (United States)
• 1991: Unknown
• 1992: Buysse Babyartikelen (Belgium)
• 1992: Enra (Belgium)
• 1992: EM (Belgium)

References

• Michel Vaarten profile at Cycling Archives

Persondata
Name	Vaarten, Michel
Alternative names
Short description	cyclist
Date of birth	17 January 1957
Place of birth	Turnhout, Belgium
Date of death
Place of death